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GMs Alireza Firouzja and Jose Martinez gained the final Titled Tuesday tournaments of 2022 on December 27. Both did so with undefeated performances of eight wins and three attracts, though Firouzja wanted tiebreaks over GM Aleksandr Lenderman.
Martinez managed to complete fifth within the event he didn’t win, whereas GM Bodgan Daniel Deac completed third in each occasions.
Early Tournament
Despite the continuing World Rapid and Blitz Championships, the early event introduced in 388 gamers. It grew to become considerably of a battle of attrition close to the top. In spherical 9, Deac defeated Lenderman to take a half-point lead within the event.
Deac’s lead was short-lived, nonetheless, as he dropped his subsequent sport to Firouzja.
Even then, the event chief earlier than the ultimate spherical was not Firouzja however Martinez. However, Lenderman gained their sport to move Martinez within the standings.
Unfortunately for Lenderman, Firouzja defeated GM Steven Zierk within the remaining spherical and was in a position to declare the event on tiebreaks. Firouzja, who grew to become very lively in Titled Tuesday in November, ended the 12 months with three event wins in simply two months.
December 27 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 1 | GM | @Firouzja2003 | Alireza Firouzja | 3121 | 9.5 | 58.75 | |
| 2 | 16 | GM | @AlexanderL | Aleksandr Lenderman | 2949 | 9.5 | 57.5 | |
| 3 | 2 | GM | @BogdanDeac | Bogdan Daniel Deac | 3097 | 9 | 70 | |
| 4 | 40 | IM | @KhazarBabazada007 | Khazar Babazada | 2874 | 9 | 58.25 | |
| 5 | 4 | GM | @Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3098 | 9 | 56.25 | |
| 6 | 19 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 2947 | 9 | 54.5 | |
| 7 | 18 | GM | @TimofeevAr | Artem Timofeev | 2935 | 8.5 | 54 | |
| 8 | 29 | GM | @TigrVShlyape | Gata Kamsky | 2926 | 8.5 | 51.75 | |
| 9 | 5 | GM | @exoticprincess | Baadur Jobava | 3053 | 8.5 | 50 | |
| 10 | 3 | GM | @Msb2 | Matthias Bluebaum | 3076 | 8 | 60.25 | |
| 11 | 31 | GM | @Zkid | Steven Zierk | 2893 | 8 | 52.5 | |
| 12 | 54 | FM | @Sina_Movahed | Sina Movahed | 2859 | 8 | 50.5 | |
| 13 | 27 | GM | @GMBenjaminBok | Benjamin Bok | 2919 | 8 | 48 | |
| 13 | 76 | IM | @Korchmar_Vasiliy | Vasiliy Korchmar | 2717 | 8 | 48 | |
| 15 | 9 | GM | @OparinGrigoriy | Grigoriy Oparin | 2973 | 8 | 47.5 | |
| 16 | 6 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3020 | 8 | 47.25 | |
| 17 | 17 | IM | @Rud_Makarian | Rudik Makarian | 2907 | 8 | 44.25 | |
| 18 | 30 | GM | @ActorXu | Xu Yi | 2888 | 8 | 44 | |
| 19 | 113 | FM | @Alex_Sahakyan2006 | Alex Sahakyan | 2671 | 8 | 43.5 | |
| 20 | 81 | GM | @attack2mateU | Razvan Preotu | 2758 | 8 | 43 | |
| 24 | 71 | GM | @daika91 | Zhongyi Tan | 2784 | 7.5 | 48.5 |
(Full remaining standings right here.)
Firouzja gained the $1,000 first-place prize and Lenderman settled for the $750 for second place. Deac’s very good tiebreak rating gave him third place and $350 fairly simply, whereas IM Khazar Babazada earned $200 in fourth place and Martinez $100 in fifth. GM Zhongyi Tan gained the $100 ladies’s prize—in the course of a successful World Rapid Championship efficiency, no much less—ending with a 7.5 rating for twenty fourth place general.
Late Tournament
322 gamers participated within the final Titled Tuesday event of 2022. Martinez recovered from the disappointing remaining spherical early to win this one, while not having tiebreaks. He began the occasion with an ideal 7/7 earlier than drawing three of his final 4 video games, however nonetheless wanted assist to win outright.
Martinez reached 7/7 by defeating GM Oleksandr Bortnyk within the seventh spherical.
It was Bortnyk’s solely non-win of the primary ten rounds, giving him a 9/10 rating with one spherical remaining. But after dropping his sport to Deac, 9 factors is the place Bortnyk—who nonetheless gained 4 Titled Tuesdays in 2022—stayed.
Martinez, who additionally entered the final spherical on 9/10, was thus in a position to win the occasion with a draw towards FM Talibov Shiroghlan.
December 27 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)
| Number | Rk | Fed | Title | Username | Name | Rating | Score | SB |
| 1 | 3 | GM | @Jospem | Jose Martinez | 3098 | 9.5 | 58.75 | |
| 2 | 5 | GM | @Oleksandr_Bortnyk | Oleksandr Bortnyk | 3020 | 9 | 63 | |
| 3 | 2 | GM | @BogdanDeac | Bogdan Daniel Deac | 3097 | 9 | 61.25 | |
| 4 | 62 | FM | @ShiroglanTalibov | Talibov Shiroghlan | 2776 | 9 | 60.25 | |
| 5 | 16 | GM | @TigrVShlyape | Gata Kamsky | 2926 | 9 | 55 | |
| 6 | 38 | FM | @LiamPutnam2008 | Liam Putnam | 2826 | 8.5 | 54 | |
| 7 | 13 | GM | @GMBenjaminBok | Benjamin Bok | 2919 | 8.5 | 51.75 | |
| 8 | 10 | GM | @Hrant_ChessTemper | Hrant Melkumyan | 2939 | 8.5 | 51.5 | |
| 9 | 6 | GM | @NikoTheodorou | Nikolas Theodorou | 3007 | 8.5 | 50.5 | |
| 10 | 14 | CM | @stollenmonster | Egor Baskakov | 2921 | 8.5 | 48.25 | |
| 11 | 61 | CM | @Vaibhavraut99 | Vaibhav Raut | 2739 | 8 | 53 | |
| 12 | 29 | FM | @Sina_Movahed | Sina Movahed | 2859 | 8 | 48.75 | |
| 13 | 33 | GM | @Cayse | Martyn Kravtsiv | 2824 | 8 | 48.5 | |
| 14 | 37 | GM | @Mikhail_Bryakin | Mikhail Bryakin | 2821 | 8 | 46.5 | |
| 15 | 8 | GM | @jefferyx | Jeffery Xiong | 2947 | 8 | 45.25 | |
| 16 | 120 | FM | @scandalgod | Ezio Toniutti | 2625 | 8 | 43 | |
| 17 | 39 | GM | @alexrustemov | Alexander Rustemov | 2775 | 8 | 38 | |
| 18 | 94 | IM | @albi1999 | Alberto Barp | 2640 | 8 | 36.5 | |
| 19 | 66 | IM | @Coachpoker | Alexey Averjanov | 2687 | 8 | 34.5 | |
| 20 | 24 | GM | @K_A_S_T_O_R | Rodrigo Vasquez | 2852 | 7.5 | 47.25 | |
| 40 | 96 | IM | @AnotherGrumpy | Anna M Sargsyan | 2609 | 7 | 33.25 |
(Full remaining standings right here.)
Martinez gained $1,000 for first place, which gave him $1,100 whole for the day. Bortnyk earned $750 in second. Deac’s second-straight third place gave him one other $350 for $700 whole. Shiroghlan gained $200 for fourth place, GM Gata Kamsky $100 for fifth, and IM Anna M Sargsyan the $100 ladies’s prize, scoring 7/11.
Year in Review
There had been precisely 100 Titled Tuesday tournaments in 2022: 4 in January previous to the doubling of the occasion, and 96 from February by December. 149 gamers positioned not less than as soon as (prime 5 and/or highest-scoring lady). Of them, 31 gained or shared first place in not less than one occasion. 49 gamers gained not less than $1,000, whereas six gamers gained $10,000 or extra:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura $37,825
- GM Dmitry Andreikin $20,650
- GM Oleksandr Bortnyk $11,650
- GM Daniil Dubov $11,200
- GM Vladimir Fedoseev $11,100
- GM Jeffery Xiong $10,700
Nakamura had essentially the most wins (28) and locations (48) of anybody. Andreikin had the second-most of every with 10 wins and 35 locations. Dubov and Xiong tied for the third-most wins with six, whereas Bortnyk positioned 26 instances, greater than both of them. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk gained essentially the most ladies’s prizes, with 17, adopted by GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, with 11.
Titled Tuesday will proceed into 2023 with two tournaments per day; the one change will likely be new tiebreaks. Here’s to a different 12 months!
Titled Tuesday is a weekly event for titled gamers on Chess.com. Two 11-round Swiss tournaments are performed each Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time/17:00 Central European and a pair of:00 p.m. Pacific Time/23:00 Central European.
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